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unusual facts about Cevennes



Château de Miral

The Château de Miral (13th century) is a historical building on the territory of the commune of Bédouès, Lozère département, in the Cevennes mountains of south-central France, about 10 km east of Florac going towards Le Pont-de-Montvert on road "D998".

Jean Cavalier

Threatened with prosecution for his religious opinions he went to Geneva, where he spent the year 1701; he returned to the Cévennes on the eve of the rebellion of the Camisards, who by the murder of the Abbé du Chayla at Pont-de-Monvert on the night of July 24, 1702 raised the standard of revolt.

From Dijon he went on to Paris, where Louis XIV gave him audience and heard his explanation of the revolt of the Cévennes.


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